I. AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

This chapter is based on the recognition that social development
is inseparable from the economic, political, ecological and
cultural environment in which it takes place.

A. A FAVOURABLE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC
ENVIRONMENT: The actions outlined in this section are
structured around the following themes: the promotion of mutually
reinforcing growth in trade, employment and incomes as a basis
for social development; ensuring that the benefits of global
growth are more evenly distributed among countries; giving
priority to the needs of Africa and the least developed
countries, within the framework of support to developing
countries; making economic growth and the interplay of market
forces more conducive to social development; and ensuring that
fiscal systems and other public policies do not generate socially
divisive disparities.

B. AN ENABLING POLITICAL AND LEGAL ENVIRONMENT: The
actions outlined in this section are structured around the
following themes: ensuring that the political framework supports
the objectives of social development; promotion and protection
of the rights of individuals; fostering an open political and
economic system through access by all to knowledge, education and
information; and international support for national efforts to
promote an enabling political and legal environment.